The MN gun opener didn’t start out that great for me. I hit a doe on the highway heading to the farm at 4:45 sat morning. 
Busted up the front of my car pretty good but it was still driveable and the lights worked so I continued on to get to my stand on time. The only reason I was driving separate from my buddy with the truck is because my wife is about 2 weeks from being due so I’m on high alert. 
I saw a couple decent bucks sat morning but couldn’t get a shot at either of them. My buddy shot and thought he missed but wanted me to come over and help make sure. About 11:30 I went to help him look for any sign of a hit. No luck. I decided to go to the truck for a quick lunch and head back to the stand. Well, I got comfortable in the truck and Bucky was in a close game so I relaxed and napped as much as I could while fighting off the asian beetles in the abnormal Nov heat. The badgers sealed the deal on a close one and it was a little after 2 so I headed to the stand. I got set up about 2:30. I called the wife quick to see how she was doing and as soon as I got off the phone I heard something coming off the hill – I knew it wasn’t a squirrel. 
It’s nice to see a deer and never have this thought cross your mind – “Is he big enough”. 
He trotted toward me to about 50 yards and turned broadside. I put the 12 gauge on his shoulder and let him have it. He buckled and snow plowed down the hill a short ways. My best buck ever. 
Not sure of the score yet. Thinking 150s?? His right G4 and the tip of his right main beam have a little busted off – not that I care! He’s got a pt coming off his rt base that is about an inch but I’ll call him a 10 pt. We weighed him last night and he was 205 lbs.
Dave
and this nice buck 
$100 comp on the car hit so no big deal for a trophy – insurance gets $3094 though. 